Long-Term Benefits (Years After Quitting) Heart Disease Risk Halves: One year after quitting, the risk of heart disease is 50% lower than that of a smoker
What Is Banned Menthol cigarettes Flavored e-cigarettes and vape juice (including any characterizing flavor other than tobacco) Flavored little cigars and cigarillos Flavored chewing tobacco and snus Tobacco product flavor enhancers Synthetic cooling agents that mimic menthol (closed by AB 3218 in 2024) Limited Exemptions State law carves out three categories that can still be sold flavored, but only by retailers with a state license: Loose-leaf pipe tobacco with characterizing flavors Premium cigars with a wholesale price of $12 or more, handmade, wrapped in whole tobacco leaf, with no filter or non-tobacco mouthpiece Hookah and shisha sold at locations that only admit customers 21 years of age and older at all times Important note: many California cities (San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Burbank, and Palo Alto, among others) have local flavor bans with no exemptions
In our previous audit, we identified two issues with CDTFAs source of data
The Quran does have passages that tell followers not to put their own lives in danger
